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Form of workAbout Dairy Australia:
Dairy Australia’s role is to provide services that benefit and advance dairy farm businesses and the industry. These services deliver value by enhancing farm business management, supporting farm employment needs, driving herd and feed innovation, managing climate and environment, promoting Australian dairy and commitment to sustainability, supporting policy development, growing international markets and responding to critical issues and events such as floods and bushfires.
Our Vision and Values:
At Dairy Australia, our vision is simple, to be leaders in shaping a profitable and sustainable dairy industry. Our passionate and talented people share this vision and make an impact each day through their commitment to our values of:
- Farmer First - Farmer needs guide our purpose
- One Team - We work together to achieve great things
- Innovative Thinking - We embrace new ideas and learning as we go
- Decisive Action - We make informed decisions and move quickly to implement
About the Role:
Help shape the future programs of Dairy Australia in Animal Health, Fertility and Welfare with our Development and Regional Adaptation Lead (DRA) – Animal HealthFertility and Welfare role. This role will work collaboratively with our Technical and Extension teams to create, review and refine our extension offering within the Animal Health, Fertility and Welfare domain.
Our goal is to improve the learning activities for farmers and sharing of knowledge, both from new research and existing practices. We are looking for someone who is a strong communicator, has practical experience in extension but also the technical nouse to help translate and develop quality extension programs focusing on adult learning principles. You may be a Vet, Animal Scientist or Extension Advisor looking for a change and if so, we would love to chat further with you about this role.
Our ideal candidate:
We believe in equality. We treat everyone with fairness, consideration and respect and welcome applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds.
To make an impact in this role, you will have a farmer first mindset and a determination to drive successful and practical outcomes for farmers utilising your technical expertise within a whole farm system context. The DRA will work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to identify desired on-farm practice change and will have the ability to integrate new and established knowledge and provide innovative thinking and insights to create engaging pathways for farmers to adopt new practices in their businesses.
A tertiary qualification in Veterinary or Animal science or significant demonstrated experience in agriculture in the Animal Health, Fertility and Welfare area/s adaptation or related RD&E space is what we are keen to explore with you.. Post graduate qualifications would be highly regarded as would Cert 4 TAE will also be highly regarded.
About your work life with us:
We aim to provide benefits that promote the overall wellbeing of our employees. In joining our team, you will be rewarded with:
- Flexible working environment - Work from your home office, on the road visiting stakeholders, as well as connecting with your colleagues and stakeholders virtually
- Being a key member in our small supportive and high performing team of experts in their field
- A caring and innovative culture -we are open to each other’s ideas, we love to innovative, we have integrity and are driven to find the best solutions for our employees and stakeholders
- Fully maintained vehicle
If your motivations and skills set lines up to what you’ve read, please “Apply Now”
